We Will Never Forget originally published on Food and Fond Memories on September 13, 2011 by sandyaxelrod Leave a Comment (Edit)
We Will Never Forget
Bagpipes and all of the appropriate pomp and circumstances!
Could any of us ever forget the horror of September 11, 2001? I know I couldn’t. I remember it vividly. Steve had a dental appointment and called me to tell me to turn on the TV. He said a plane full of passengers had just crashed into the World Trade Center. I turned the TV on in our bedroom just in time to see the second plane crash into tower two. I stood there in disbelief. I was frozen in that spot for hours watching in fear, horror and sorrow as the events of that day unfolded right before my eyes. I could not even sit down. I just stood there with tears spilling from my eyes and running down my cheeks.
Steel Column C-46 South Tower of the World Trade Center
Explaining the Steel
It is now 10 years later and that memory has not faded. And now, right here in Wellington, Florida, we have our own piece of history. The Patriot Memorial was dedicated yesterday with great but somber pomp and circumstance. Before September 11, 2001 the burned and bent steel column known as C-46 that is the centerpiece of the memorial was an exterior panel between the 69th and 71st floors of the South tower of the World Trade Center. It was just seven stories below the impact zone of the second plane crash. C-46 was a three-column window section that prior to the tower’s collapse was occupied by Morgan Stanley.
Reflecting Pool Fountain with Eternal Flame
Glass Panels Under the Pergolas
A total of 2,830 victims died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. This includes 2,270 building occupants, 403 first responders and 157 plane passengers. In addition to this huge piece of steel there are a couple of much smaller pieces of the building, a reflecting pool and fountain topped by an eternal flame and several etched glass panels with the names of each and every casualty of that horrific assault on our country. It is a very moving experience to visit our Patriot Memorial and I hope that everyone in our area makes the worthwhile trip to see it. We must never forget the terrible tragedy. But we must also always remember the tremendous sacrifice that so many firefighters, police officers, rescue workers and regular citizens made in order to save other people. We will never forget!
